Platforms

Four platforms. One connected system.

Every platform plugs into the same base: capital paired with operating advantage and software. Together they cover the whole life of a company, from an idea in a regulated industry to an established American business.

EPL GroupOne thesis
xPL VenturesFirst check to pre-seed
xpansionIQSeries A, US landing
Permanent Capital PlatformEstablished businesses
GP StackersEmerging managers

Capital + operating advantage + software

01  First check to pre-seed

xPL Ventures

We build or buy software that targets innovation gaps in regulated industries.

Regulated industries move slowly because the cost of being wrong is high. That is exactly where focused software, built with people who know the rules, creates durable advantage.

xPL Ventures writes the first check. We co-found, build or acquire software businesses with operators who have lived inside the industry they are now changing, and we stay through pre-seed with hands-on operating support.

Stage
First check to pre-seed
Focus
Software in regulated industries
How we help
Build, buy and operate alongside founders

02  Series A, US landing

xpansionIQ

Growth capital for international B2B tech scale-ups landing in the US.

The US is the largest market for most B2B software, and the hardest to land in from abroad. Go-to-market, pricing, hiring and compliance all change at the border.

xpansionIQ pairs Series A capital with a landing team: partners in Europe and Latin America who source, and a US network of operators and customers who open doors once the company is here.

Stage
Series A
Focus
International B2B tech scale-ups
How we help
US landing, go-to-market and network

03  Established businesses

Permanent Capital Platform

Lower-middle-market roll-ups in established US industries, strengthened by software and AI.

Thousands of profitable American businesses are run by founder-owners thinking about what comes next. Many have never had the software, data or systems that larger competitors take for granted.

The Permanent Capital Platform acquires and combines these businesses with a long hold, then strengthens them with the software and AI tooling built across the group. Founder-owners stay involved as long as they want to.

Stage
Established, profitable businesses
Focus
Lower-middle-market US industries
How we help
Long-hold capital, software and AI

04  Emerging managers

GP Stackers

GP-level venture co-investments alongside emerging fund managers.

Emerging managers see deals first, but building a firm is expensive and lonely. GP Stackers invests at the general-partner level, sharing the economics and the operating load.

In return, our platforms gain a wider aperture on early-stage innovation, and our allocators gain diversified exposure to managers they could not otherwise reach.

Stage
Emerging fund managers
Focus
GP-level venture co-investments
How we help
Capital, operations and allocator access

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